Bou Tchrafine West 18 (Devonian of Morocco)

Also known as BT18

Where: Morocco (31.4° N, 4.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.1° S, 16.4° E)

When: timorensis conodont zone, Bou Tchrafine Group, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

• grey limestone in beds of 5 to 30 cms

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected by Bultynck, Hollard

Collection methods: acetic,

• collections are kept at the Royal Belgian Institute of Naturals Sciences in Brussels (Belgium)

Primary reference: P. Bultynck and H. Hollard. 1980. Distribution comparée de Conodontes et Goniatites dévoniens des plaines du Dra, du Ma'der et du Tafilalt. Aardkundige Mededelingen 1:1-73 [S. Gouwy/S. Gouwy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144748: authorized by Sofie Gouwy, entered by Sofie Gouwy on 17.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus pseudofoliatus Wittekindt 1966 conodont
Polygnathus linguiformis Hinde 1879 conodont
ssp. linguiformis , ssp. klapperi
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae